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Copyright JANM
photograph
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

photograph

Date1945
Mediumpaper
DimensionsH: 5 in, W: 4 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Don S. Okubo
Object number95.85.16
Description1 photographic print; b&w; 3 men in uniform on a beach, 1 Imperial Japanese Admiral, Kamada, on the left, 2 American military servicemen, Cap. H.B. Grow and Don S. Okubo on the right. Admiral Kamada and Cap. H.B. Grow stand to each other in a salute, while Okubo wears sunglasses and faces Admiral Kamada. In the background is an ocean and a shoreline.

On verso, horizontally written in black ink, "Flag raising ceremony on Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands / Sep 10, 1945" and below "#34", vertically lower center reads, "Cap. H.B. Grow, USNR, Me, Rear Adm. Kamada / Imperial Japanese Navy"

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